Smoking is undoubtely a bad habit with numerous detrimental impacts on smokers, on society as a whole. Not a single benefit of smoking could be found until today. And so the government of Australia has become rigid on the issue of smoking hair and uh, I welcome a lo that’s been smoking in public places and vench insurance that cigarettes are solte in plain packets. Besides, the government has also indated Spain packaging for tobacco products. It points out that all the tobacco products should be sold in a generic pocket. There should be no advertisements for tobacco products on the pacas and the brands will have the same color in their pack. Any sort of imagery or branding is bent. After the recent loade that came into force in 2012, however, the brand name of the cigarette brand should be placed in a presets font and on a specific part of the pocket. The health warornning should be mentioned clearly. The plan packaging system is also introduced in some other st but Australia is leading one in the case. When the stringent anti smoking law came into force, it was publicized her uh on mainstream media. I came to know about the issue from the mass media reports and other publications. Moreover, there were some um, silent moves by the tobacco companies and they tried to stop the process of plane packaging but they were a failure. Despite the beriers from the tobacco companies, the government implemented the law and made it a UH must for them to sell cigarettes in PL pecs. Disoying the law is subject to severe punishment in terms of Monet fin uh and sentenced for imprisonments.
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Smoking is undoubtedly a bad habit with numerous detrimental impacts on smokers and on society as a whole. Not a single benefit of smoking could be found until today. And so the government of Australia has become strict on the issue of smoking, banning it in public places and ensuring that cigarettes are sold in plain packets. Besides, the government has also mandated plain packaging for tobacco products. It stipulates that all tobacco products should be sold in generic packaging, with no advertisements or branding allowed on the packs. All brands will have the same color packaging, and any imagery or branding is prohibited. Since the law came into force in 2012, the brand name of the cigarette should be displayed in a prescribed font and on a specific part of the packet, along with clear health warnings. The plain packaging system has also been introduced in some other countries, but Australia is a leading example in this case. Despite resistance from tobacco companies, the government enforced the law, making it mandatory to sell cigarettes in plain packs. Violating the law carries severe punishments in terms of monetary fines and imprisonment.
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